Pilates For Mums
Thursdays 11am – 12pm
Thursdays 12.20 – 1.20pm
To book please contact Grace on 07958 556 455 or email
hello@your-pilates.co.uk
Your first step in post natal recovery can start as early as after your 6-week check.
Meet other mums and enjoy regaining stability and strength, increase energy levels
and learn techniques to support your posture and every day activities with your
baby.
The weekly classes are team-taught by Grace Boguzas and Anja Schall, Pilates
Foundation teachers who specialise in working in pre and post natal Pilates. Working
alongside two teachers will provide you with the opportunity to seek individual
advice, work at your own pace and get a hand with looking after your little one
within the group environment. Babies are welcome!
Pilates is beneficial before and after all types of birth and we support you with
whichever birth experience you have encountered. We have experience in
supporting new Mums with a range of post natal conditions including sacro-iliac
problems, Pelvic Girdle Pain, pelvic organ prolapse or weakness, general back pain
and diastasis recti.
Please contact us before attending your first class.
Class fee & Packages
8 week course including one private 60 minute session in your home - £110
Private 60 minute session in your home - £50
Drop in class rate - £15
Why do Post natal Pilates?
After giving birth, women feel a lot of pressure to get back to their pre-pregnant
shape and in our celebrity culture it is difficult not to get swept up in it but you need
to go about it in the right and in a safe way.
We both feel that as exercise professionals it is vital to give clients the information
they need to work safely. While it is tempting to rush back to exercise and continue
where you left off before you were pregnant, in the long term it increases the risk of
physical imbalances and injuries and should be avoided. Your body has been through
a lot and major structural changes have taken place. If you are breastfeeding, those
changes are continuing to take place and you need to work with teachers who
understand the implications of this. The focus for post-natal exercise is on stability of
the pelvis and joints, re-educating muscle patterns and imbalances and addressing
postural changes. Your body also needs to be equipped for the strains of living with
a new baby. So many Mums come to us when their babies are 2 years old with back
problems that could have been avoided if they had regained stability sooner after
the birth. The sooner you can commence with our exercise programme the better
but you must wait until you have had your postnatal check, which is usually after 6
weeks (sometimes a bit longer after a C section), however it is never to late to start a
focused exercise programme to help your recovery.
Pilates is the perfect way to start getting back into exercise after pregnancy because
there is so much focus on stability. The hormone relaxin is released at high levels in
pregnancy to allow your pelvis to accommodate the growing child and to separate
during the birth. However, it affects the connective tissue throughout the whole
body and therefore stability decreases during and sometimes up to six months
after pregnancy. All joints are therefore more susceptible to injury and high impact
activity should be avoided for at least a few months to allow time for the joints to
start stabilising. It is vital to learn to recruit the deep stabilising muscles of the pelvic
floor, transverse abdominus (deep abdominals) and multifidi (deep spinal muscles)
to reduce the risk of injury.
